Welcome to our wiki... my goal is for BCMS teachers to share the technology that we are using in our classrooms with each other and to open communications about the resources that are out there and to come.


Start collecting your mice, this is FREE and will work like a set of classroom clickers!: Mouse Mischief

Extensive collection of virtual field trips: meetmeatthecorner

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, this is a great resource for SS and Science:ED RESOURCES

Smithsonian Education: Resources from the Smithsonian and can be sorted by subject and state standards.Smithsonian Education

MIT designed game for pre-algebra: Lure of the Labyrinth

Google, Google, Google... did I say Google

I use Google for my school website google site

What I really like about Google sites is the ability to embed the calenders and surveys from my Google docs. You should be able to embed them into any website. It takes me very little time to enter my homework assignments in their respective calenders and they are automatically updated in the calenders of assignments on my site. I embedded a survey I sent home and gave extra credit to students who had their parents fill it out online... and it saves you lots of work entering the data, as it appears in a nice spreadsheet.


free website creation: weebly

l really like this: This would be great to use for a research project. Livebinder: my Algebra Livebinder


message posting:

Thought about using Spaaze for this site, but didn't like the idea of eventually paying for it. Spaaze

wallwisher


Has the following: Classroom Jeopardy maker, Speed Match Quiz Maker, Who wants to be a millionaire?, board game maker, seating chart maker, group maker, random name generator: Super Teacher Tools


flashcard creation: ediscio


Come see mine, make a wiimote smartboard Johnny Lee


Need help with presentations?

Animation site: GoAnimate

Movie making site, can type in text: xtranormal

collaborative storytelling: storybird

great project idea for a book or history: vuvox

have someone speak to you class from another part of the world?: skype

create presentations: Prezi

It is a free member website where educators share ideas and hear from others in the profession. curriki.org


Create a video in 5 minutes! Animoto.com

Create your story! Our Story permits users to develop and save collaborative timelines that can be personalized with annotations, photos, and videos. Stories (timelines) can be printed in book format, archived on DVD, or even sent as postcards.ourstory.com


The end of the boring slide show! VoiceThread allows users to share images, documents, and videos with added narration by the authors and others. voicethread

you have to love this, poor Drew Jibjab :
Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!


Surveys with your cell phone:


Poll Everywhere

zoomerang

polldaddy

surveymonkey

For polls that need a little bit more: Mobiode


video downloader: aTube catcher

download and edit sounds, songs: Audacity

you'll be suprised if you've never used it: youtube

basically youtube for teachers: schooltube

some interesting edited pictures: worth1000

word processing for realtime collaboration: etherpad

virtual highlighter and save the best parts of the internet: i-Lighter

must use for Social Studies: google earth

a better way to seach? delicious

**wordle**

example: **wordle of the US constitution**


a couple of alternatives to wordle, you can have your word cloud take the shape of a star (example) ; Tagul Tagxedo


Nice interactive activities for math, science, LA, and History: Learner.org


**Jefferson county PowerPoints**
PowerPoint game templates:
external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png Any Grader Template.ppt
external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png deal or no deal # 2.ppt
external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png deal or no deal.ppt
external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png survivor game.ppt
external image vnd.ms-powerpoint.png the weakest link.ppt



Smart Notebook Game Templates

Teaching with Smartboard...these guys do a great job of teaching you how to use the Smartboard software, try out their podcasts: Teaching with Smartboard

external image x-zip.pngChutes and Ladders.notebook
external image x-zip.png Blockbuster%20Template[1].notebook
external image x-zip.png Deal or no deal notebook.notebook
external image x-zip.png My Bad.notebook
external image x-zip.png Math_Hoops_template.notebook
external image x-zip.png newyork ISAT practiceolympics.notebook template.notebook

Excel Worksheets for record keeping:
external image msexcel.png tardies Wallace.xls I use this to keep track of tardies, the total will change colors every 3 tardies.

I use this to track data in my class... it automatically goes to the student's own sheet.